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In this paper we present a comparative analysis of earnings inequality during the 1980s among prime age men who headed households and worked year‐round, full‐time from five industrialized countries‐Canada, Sweden, Australia, West Germany, and the United States. The data were obtained from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database, a multinational collection of microdata sets from various countries which have been assembled for the primary purpose of making cross‐national comparisons of economic and social well‐being. The results of the comparison indicated that during the mid‐1980s, the United States had the most unequal distribution of earnings and Sweden the least unequal. Between the early 1980s and mid‐1980s, however, the earnings distributions in all five countries showed evidence of becoming more unequal, especially in the United States, Canad

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00397.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

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In most industrialised nations, women are over‐represented in the ranks of the poor. Furthermore, it is often argued that this gender‐based disadyantage has increased over time. In this paper the author tests this so‐called “feminisation of poverty” hypothesis in Great Britain. Cross‐sectional data from three years of theFamily Expenditure Survey(1968, 1977 and 1986) are used. A poverty measure that is additively decomposable with population share weights, and is consistent with Sen's axiomatic approach to poverty measurement, is used to decompose the “total” amount of poverty into male and female “shares.” Somewhat surprisingly, this decomposition lends no support to the feminisation of

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00398.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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In this paper we analyze the level of income inequality across states in 1970 and 1980 for several demographic groups. Furthermore, we examine the impact of labor force participation (LFP), education and other variables on inequality. We find that for tshe whole population, states with high LFP by females are states with low income inequality. The same holds true for states with high LFP for men. When we disaggregate by race, the results are quite consistent for whites, but not for blacks. States with relatively high education levels are associated with high inequality levels for the white cohort and the whole population, but there appears to be no similar association between education and inequality across states for blacks.

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00399.x

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年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Five points are made in this study. First, using a well‐recommended measure,interstateincome inequality is reported for each year from 1950 through 1989, and its very small magnitude is pointed out along with the U‐shaped profile. Second, it is shown that a simple quadratic‐form model fits the data extremely well. Third, inequality indices for 1977 and 1988 are recomputed after adjusting for interstate price‐level variations, and large reductions in the indices, and a virtual disappearance of the increase in inequality after 1978, are noted. Fourth, a simple decomposition shows that income changes account for most of the inequality change in each decade. Last, states that have contributed most to inequality are ide

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00400.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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In this paper the author continues the work of Hawke, who used Australian velocity of money data to estimate New Zealand's GDP for 1870–1918, and whose results have been incorporated into international studies through the work of Bairoch. He also provides an alternative set of estimates for the inter‐war years to those published by Lineham. The important findings of the paper are: (i) that Australian data show a significant relationship between the velocity of money and the price level; (ii) that New Zealand's income was significantly higher in 1870 than Hawke's estimates suggest; (iii) that sustainedper capitagrowth has not been New Zealand's normal experience; (iv) that previous GDP estimates for the inter‐war period have failed to reflect the fluctuations of the New Zealand economy and the extent to which it was operating below its production possibilities frontier during the Great Depression of the

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00401.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper presents new evidence on the length of consumer horizon, which represents an important aspect of the Permanent Income Hypothesis. It uses data on private wealth of India for 1949–50 to 1974–75. Time varying parameter estimation is used to derive annual values of consumer discount rate and horizon. The findings support Friedman's view that horizon is approximately three years long. The author discusses the plausibility of his findi

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00402.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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In this paper we address the methodological problems encountered in the building of regional accounts. These problems are discussed by describing the methodological and conceptual options applied in an original and recent experience with regional accounts in Belgium. A comparison is offered with alternative choices concerning the regionalisation of main aggregates made in some other countries. The reasons for the urgency of an appropriate regional accounting framework (a regional equivalent of the universal SNA) are outlined in the conclusion.

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00403.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Dertouzos, Michael L., Lester, Richard K., Solow, Robert M. and the MIT Commission on Industrial Productivity.Made in America: Regaining the Productive EdgeCouncil on Competitiveness,Gaining New Ground: Technology Priorities for America's Future

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00404.x

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年代:1992

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Makoto Itoh,The World Economic Crisis and Japanese CapitalismMichael Best,The New Competition: Institutions of Industrial Restructuring

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00405.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1992.tb00406.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY